While April 24 2015 was the official in-store launch of the Apple Watch the story obviously starts long before that. Like way before that. If you want some juicy details about
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link Ive from HODINKEE Magazine Volume 2 as well as David Pierce's incredible "Secret History" from the May 2015 issue of Wired. They've got the goods.
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